Zach Banner isn’t just here at the combine trying to jumpstart his professional career for himself.
The 6-foot-8 and 350-plus-pound offensive tackle from USC and Lakes High School is not just here for his family, either.
No, the way Banner sees it, he is trying to secure a selection in April’s NFL draft for half of Tacoma. The half that has believed in him since he was in grade school.
The rougher half, he wants you know.
“My inspiration from Tacoma is just Tacoma, in general,” he said inside the Indiana Convention Center before his on-field drills for scouts this past weekend.